It's all talking stage now so nothing about it seems problematic.

There will still be a need for office space, but we are only seeing the early stages of price effects.

I'm in the research stages of doing my first single family home fix & flip and looking to do it out of state in Kansas City, MO.

I know it would save them the hassle of staging and cleaning and getting out the house for showing, but is there any way I can communicate and provide actual financial value with them selling to us off market instead of listing?

The house is already staged so I want to avoid tearing things down.

TRPA and other agencies that we needed to get approval of for most stages of the rehab caused delays in finishing.

That's good not bad.Anyone who tells you to intentionally acquire inferior properties that lose money just so you can save a few cents on the dollar in taxes on that money lost is an utter dolt. 

That way the place is vacant, cleaned up + staged before it's photographed and listed.Best of luck.

A logical extension of that to me would be to start provide staging services.

Being vacant is actually a good thing as you can now stage to take these pictuures.